How to have a good holiday in the rain

Hitch up a vintage caravan, pack the ukelele, and
head for the hills with your most attractive friends

words by Laura Fowler

Kinfolk (kinfolk.com)

Kinfolk Story: Oregon Coast Retreat

Going on holiday in a caravan,
in autumn, is not the kind of thing we would normally consider. But
say we did, and when we got to the campsite it was raining and so
cold that everyone had to wear woolly hats and chop logs for a
fire, and even make a table to eat at - well. Probably we would get
back into our classic car after one dreadful, sleepless night and
go home, not pausing even for one Instagram, cursing whoever had
this idea instead of booking a villa for a week in Sicily.

Not so if you're a hipster. Not just a person with a beard and a
Beyond Retro Fair Isle who can't so much as wire a plug; but a true
Kinfolk
hipster from Portland, who can knit and whittle, and milk a
goat, and smoke a pipe like they did in the 1950s. Look how happy
they are, living in the past, and the rain! They even made a film
about it, their drizzly road trip up the Oregon coast.

The film inspires mixed feelings. But since watching it we have
spent far too long searching for vintage caravans for sale and flights to Portland - although the Lake District is lovelier, just as wet, and
closer to home. We will take a ukulele. And we will not wear
anoraks, or complain about the weather, and we will be happy.

The film is produced by Laura D'Art, Andrew Gallo,
and Mitchell Thorson. Laura D'Art is a photographer based in Los Angeles. Andrew Gallo is a filmmaker based
in Portland, OR and member of the storytelling outfit, Sea Chant. Mitchell
Thorson is a designer based in Washington, D.C. The music is
copyright-protected by Mr Oliver Blank, a composer based in New Orleans. The song is titled 'Pikku Karhu
ja Tiikerini'.